The Longest Day
Posted: June 11th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: 50StateRide | 2 Comments »Yesterday I decided to try the shortest qualifying Iron Butt ride, 1,000 miles in 24 hours. I left Kalispell, Montana at 5:30 in the morning and arrived at Wall, South Dakota at just before 1am. I was definitely ready to stop. I spent 16 hours riding. By the time I arrived, I was totally whipped.
The scenery along the way was really great. I started just before sun up in a light rain that lasted until I got out of the mountains in Glacier National Park. I rode just under 600 miles of US 2 across Montana, about 200 miles on US 85 South through North Dakota to South Dakota, and then finished on I-90 in total darkness. The moon was not out making the interstate seem like a giant black tunnel. I’m glad to have ridden a thousand miles in a day, but I don’t plan on making it a regular affair.